Carluccio's - Reading in Reading

I went to Carluccio’s Reading during lunch time last Saturday with my family and we have nothing more to say than what an amazing food and experience.All the staff were really friendly and welcoming, the food was amazing. Andrea serve us during our visit, she’s very friendly and attentive. We thoroughly enjoyed our time in Carluccio’s Reading.Thank you Andrea and Team.We will definitely be back..

Lovely setting, service was friendly and efficent. Food was tasty. Had giant penne with courgette and plenty of bottarga and penne carbonara- both excellent. Leisurely lunch and not overly expensive.

Really good front of house service. Even though it's a chain. The food quality was good and it was value for money. Baby changing facilities and child friendly. With the ambiance, views and mellow lighting our little lad loved the stimulating environment. And not noisy even though you can see the kitchen it wasn't a clattering kitchen nightmare. Pay your tip in cash.Will be back again after Christmas to explore the menu further xx

The food was excellent. The Christmas specials very tasty.Having a pleasant evening but it was spoilt at the end by the waiter noisily stacking chairs all around the room from about 9.30 ... made you feel that they wanted you out.Also checked the bill to find that the special 2 and 3 course deals had not been taken into account. When questioned the immediate reply was 'oh yes sorry' .....

Loved it. Food was tasty and quick in coming, clean environment, staff really friendly and solicitous. Loved it. Had no reservation, yet were treated just the same. A place to go on a cold day. And the hot chocolate made it homey. I recommend it

Excellent food and wonderful service. Can't fault them in anyway. Also one of the waiters had an arse you could bounce a nickel off which didn't hurt at all

We have been to Carluccios a lot in the past, and really enjoyed it, last night was no exception. Lily our waitress was very friendly and attentive, and the food was delicious.We will be visiting again. Thank you to Alex, Lily and the team.

It's a decent restaurant but pretty underwhelming for its prices. Friendly staff and Excellent quality starters first getting the burrata and calamari fritti. But our mains had come along and we was not too pleased. Their Sirloin steak tasted pretty bland and the potatoes were over done. What I was pretty fed up about was the drinks. I ordered what was called fresh orange juice for £3 and it tasted like a carton of euro shopper orange juice. I'd recommend someone to just get tap water if they wouldn't like an alcoholic beverage. Overall nice experience but not worth the money.

Went here tonight and had a 3 course meal consisting of the bocconcini, seafood linguine and tirimasu. The bocconcini was delightful however the seafood linguine was disappointing as the mussels were not cleaned properly and therefore sandy/gritty, there were only 4/5 prawns and the squid was overcooked.The tirimasu tasted only of coco powder due to the excessive amount on top and nothing else. Whilst our server was pleasant and timely we were not asked for feedback on our dishes, such as "how was everything?" and therefore felt we didn't have a chance to bring up the issues we had. Overall it was not the greatest experience for the money we paid.

Busy and vibrant, good menu, good food. Excellent service, staff were exemplary, attentive but not intrusive. We were asked if any of our party had any allergies, a member of our party did have and they made sure the dishes for that person were prepared in isolation. Great location. We had a three course meal with plenty to drink and it worked out at approximately £50 each which was more than reasonable. It was very busy when we arrived at 8 o'clock but we were promptly seated, our meal was served with just the right interval between courses and the two and a half hours we spent there was very enjoyable.